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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
STRIKE ON TTfE READfyG.
Train Hands Refuse to submit to an Edu,
rAtinnal INam IN atinn.

CatiOnal ENamiu alton.
READING. Pa. july IA meeting Of
the employees of tie Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad was held
last night at Port Rich
mond for the purpose Of protesting
against the suspension Of old engineers
and firemen, because ofthe refusal t. Be
examined as to Their eve sight and
capabiHty 70 read and write.
Several of them are said to
10 have been suspended for their
refusal to appear for examination As ID
result Of the meeting, the crews 81 eight
coal trains this morning refused tu take
out trains. and the coal traffic on the road
Is practically suspended. The men de
clare that unless the company recedes
from its position, there will be q general
strike along the entire line.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
SHE'S A CEIpPE X.
The New Yacht Volunteer Gives Entire
Satisfaction on "A Trial Cruise.

Iue New AACht volunteer "iNes fntlTe
Satisfaction on Trial Cruise.
BosroN, Mass, July 22.-The Volun-
teer, Gen. Payne's new yacht that is to
compete for the honor of sailing with
the Scotch wonder, the Thistle, for the
American cup, made her trial cruise
last evening. She Is decided
lv the handsOmest vessel seen
in these waters. She behaved hand
somely, and the Marblehead seafaring
men who beheld the journey down ex-
pressed very decidedly the opinion that
the Volunteer was destined to excel the
Mayfower if not the Thistle. Gen.
Payne, the owner, and Mr.. Burgess, the
designer. expressed themselves as being
greatly pleased with the new sloop.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
HTT HIM WITH A BRICh.
A Chicago milkman Held for Asssulting
Bow.

CHICAGO, H., July 21-Danny Quin-
Ian, Of Is Twenty-fourth Place, with
some other boys, began to joke Fred
Dewitt, burly milkman Of AIS Twenty
Sixth Street, this morning. He picked
up brick and threw it among the boys,
striking Danny in the back
and iniuring him so severely that his life
is despaired of. Two doctors are in at
tendance on the youth. Dewitt ap-
peared before Justice and the testino-
ny Of the boy was that he deliberately
got out ofthe wagon and slung the mis-
sile with the effect mentioned. The
case was continued. Dewitt was held
in heavy bonds
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30

Secede from the Jurisd ction
of the United states Assembly.

Canadians Secede from the Jurisd ction
of the United states Assembly.
LONDON, Ont, July 22.-The final ses-
sion of the District Assembly, K Of l.,
was held last night. After a lengthy
discussion on the subject of the
separation of the Canadian x. OF
T. from the American BODY, in the mat
rot of jurisdiction, a resolution was
passed urging secession from the United
States general assembly and the forma-
ton Of a general assembly for Canada,
the latter body to have complete and un-
restricted powers TO adjudicata on all
questions and business connected with
the order
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
PRETTY JOSIE HOLMES.
She is Arrested Charged with Being

She is Arrested Charged With Being
Banker Harper's Aceomplice.
CTSCTNsATI, O., July 2l-Miss Josie
Holmes. who was the exchange clerk Of
the late Fidelity National Bank,
and whose visits and con
sUltstiors with E L Harper,
late vice-president of the bank, caused
his removal to Dayton jail, was to-day
served with a warrant charging her
with aiding and abetting Harper in his
illegal conduct, for which he is awaiting
trial. She will be arrai2Ded this after
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
FIXED THE RESPOhSfBIITf
Conductor Arrested for Causing the st.
Thomas Railway Horror.

ST. Thomas, Ont, July 23.-Evidence
given at the inquest into the recent
railway disaster went to show that II
was caused through the failure Of Con
ductor Spettlgue to test the air
before leaving Port Stanley. He was
arrested to-day and the inquest has been
adjourned till Monday.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
VEUUiEp DfI E4b g..
An Ohio Man Who Took a Wife spec
ulstt5au.

An Dhio Man y no look a " IIF a 4 Npt'-
ulstt5ou.
ClFcLEvIIIE. O., July 22.-Louis Bond,
an attorney ot Cincinnati, has presented
a bilI OF $50 900 against the estate Of John
Renick. wealthy farmer. The claim
discIoses singular state Of affairs Ia
1862 Repicb entered Iutoa written a-ree-
ment with Bond that It he world
marry Eva Sexton. a relative Of Renich-
ne would paw Bond 5000 The con-
tract was signed by both parties and
Miss Sexton became Mrs. Bond. Renlch
never paid the money and If his exec
utors refuse 10 DO 50 Mr.. Bond, vino j. a
prominent citizen OF Cincinnati, viii sue
for the amount
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
CHOLERA IN sItlII.

The Disease Brought to the Island by
Fugitiyes From tantania.
Advices from Sicily say that tugitives
from Cantania are spreading cholera
throughout the Island. Business is at a
standstill everywhere. Several com
munes have been placed under quaran'
tine restrictions. The heat Is excessive,
the thermometer recording 95 degrees
In the shada
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
TAXING FOREIGN LABOR.
Proposed Memorial to Congress on I'm.
portant Matters.

ERIE, Pa, July 2l.-At The state con.
vention of the Junior Order of United
American Mechanics, 800 delegates pres
ent, representing membership of l0O,-
600 in Pennsylvania, in this city, reso-
luton was adopted that a memorial
be presented to the next Congress ask
ing that per capita tax be imposed on
foreign emigrants landing at American
ports. Congress will also be asked to
prohibit the landing Of pauper emigrants
and to pass a law requiring that foreign
born residents shall live as citizens
twenty-one years before becoming eligi-
hle to office
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
PILGRIMS EOST 1T seq

Steamer Founders in the Bengal Riv-
er and MANY Persons Drown
Calcutta. july 23.-The steamer
Mahralta has fJuudered off H0ozIv
Point. II Is believed that a large num-
Der Of pilgrims returning % Calcutta
Nere lrowned
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
SD4 TRAITOR.
Charge that the Prince is Deceiving th
RmlgArtans.

LONDON, July 22.-Accordiug 10 a dis
patch from Pesth, VI. FOntchOf, The
president Of the Sohranje, has pu9HClr
declared that Prince Ferdinand of SAKE
Coburg-Gotha has grossly deceived the
Bulgarians and that ne has been al in
styuueut il the hands Of Russia,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30

prompt action of the Pinkerton guards
alone prevented serious riot. War
rants Will be issued for the arrest of the
Huns who participated in the fracas,
and lively times are expected when the
attempt Is made to arrest them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
LOST IN 4 fIfIDfI.

The ship Firth of DINA Wrecked in Java
Waters-Twenty-fi Men Perish.
The Scotch ship Firth of Onla, has
been lost in a cyclone in Java waters.
The entire crew, numbering twenty
Dprjsbpl
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-30
HOio0FTIsG uIRsHaI.

Residents OF Taylor County, Kentucky.
Get the Best of the Tax Collector
United States Marshal Gross with his
large force Of deputies, no lett Louis
Vile 70 levy on the property Of the resi-
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-16
WE ARE CHANGED.

We feel our love has long grown cold,
And yet we dare not own
That, day by day, silent change
Has DER our spirits grown.
We see it, though our eyes the while
Are blinded by our tears
With words Of former tenderness
We strive TO mock our fears.
But We arc changed We are not one,
AS we were once of old.
Oh would TO God that we had died
Before our love grew cold.
We've struggled hard against our fate,
Our hearts still warm to keep,
AS way-wora men strive with the cold
That uu1nbs them into sleep.
We have not let one unl1ind word
The bitter truth reveal;
The world knows not must never know
What both of US now feel.
That we are changed. We are not one,
AS we were once of cd.
Oh, would to God that we had died
Before our love grew cold.
Bound. like the felon bound of yore,
Unto the lifeless clay.
Linked to a love long dead that shows
Each moment more decay,
In secret we must hug our bonds
Till death will set US free.
] weep, my wife, to think that
Have forged these chains for thee:
For We arc changed We are not one,
AS we were once Of old.
Oh, would to God that we had died
Before our love grew cold,
-BlGck,rO0d'S Magazine.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-04-16

"A Nevada newspaper says that a
citizen recently saw two Piute bucks
dig hole in snowbank, get into it,
and wrap themselves in single blan-
ket, preparatory to a nights rest In
the morning he saw no signs Of the In
dams, but mound of snow marked
the spot where they went to bed. He
was sure that they had frozen during
the cold night, and prepared to dig out
the bodies; but the first thrust of the
shovel brought the bucks to their feet,
with grunts of disgust. Instead of be-
ing frozen they were moist with per-
spiration.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-08
A DRAINAGE PROBLEM.

Why All Enterprising Farmers Should Un-
derdrain Their Lands.
This subject has been much dis
cussed, and drainage urged upon farm
ers as q necessary and profitable in
vestment. Many have engaged in it
extensively, and found it so. But the
principles by which it operates, and
the cause for its use, are what [ wish
to speak about in this paper The
land in its primeval state was covered
with heavy timber, leaves and grass;
penetrated from the surface to a great
depth by roots that served to hold the
sturdy trees upright. In the early
days when our fathers began to open
up their farms, they commenced by
taking down part of the timber,
and girdling the standing timber, ex-
cept that good for saving. Then they
plowed and cultivated their crops as
best they could; having to contend
with trees, stumps and roots, and in
the course of two or three years, the
brush began to fall from the decaying
trees, and these must now be cut down
and burned early in the spring or late
in the fall, so as not to interfere with a
growing crop. This mode of farming
lasted for years until the stumps and
roots disappeared. The farmer con-
tinued to clear, improve and widen his
acres; his stock of all kinds followed
closely the taking off of crop, and as
long as a mouthful of heritage could be
found, it was all the same with the
farmer. In dry, muddy or frozen
weather his stock was trampling and
pudding his farming lands. While
the stumps and roots were yet in the
earth, they acted as conductors of
water into the earth. and did not
hinder him from getting his crop in
due season.
But as the years went by he contin-
ued his method of trampling year after
year, with continued cultivation.
When once the soil is clear of stumps
and roots the soil and subsoil, if clay,
adhere together so that it has become
imperviOus to water and acts as a
cemented cistern or vessel for holding
water. While this is the case, the
water only disappearing by eyapora-
ton, the land is left hard and lifeless.
The farmer is delayed in his operations
anu no amount OF persistent work Will
fit it for the seed. Disappointment
comes; the number of bushels is less
ened, and the crop is of inferior
quality. This is the state into which
nearly all, if not all, the farms our
fathers wore out, and themselves, too,
in clearing and working under many
hardships, have fallen. Science has
found and put in practice method by
which these worn out lands may be
made to produce again literally. All
surface water and excess of water in
the soil may be got rid of by system
of thing. proper sizes being used, put
at proper depths and good judgment
used throughout All stock must be
kept off when the ground is wet, and it
must not be worked in a heavy state.
Practice rotation; be friend to clover.
increase the manure heap; keep a good
stock; use economy, and your lands
will produce an abundance and to
spare.-Cor. Ohio Farmer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-08
REMARKABLE HONESTY.
a Debt of Honor Repaid with Interest
After Twenty Five Years.

a Debt of Honor Repaid with Interest
After Twenty-Five Years.
The payment to citizen of New Haven
of more than half a million of dollars un-
der remarkable circumstances is reported
in the New Haven Register, which vouches
for the truth of the story That journal
says that at the beginning of the civil
war wealty Southern grocer, who had
recently taken his young book-keeper into
partnership, fearing that his property
would be confs Gated, decided to 60 North.
He told the book keeper to
use the property, valued at about
$400, 900, as he thought best, and
that he would reply upon the book
keepers honor for a settlement at some
future time. The merchant then went
Moth and settled in New Haven. He en-
gagged in business and prosDered. There
the property he had left behind
him in the South surviving the convulsion
of the war, and he made no inquiry about
1t for some years after peace was pro-
claimed. Ultimately, however, friend,
q Well-known lawyer in New Haven, was
going-South, and the merchant requested
him to inves tigate, and collect if there
was any thing to collect.
A correspondence with the book-keeper
at the South was thus opened up, and the
latter forwarded an acknowled gment of
the claim, and an inventory showing his
debtedness to his former employer to
be $64S 900, and express ed his desire to re-
turn the property, but request ted time to
perfect his arrang ements. He began re-
hitting several years ago, and recently
forwarded the last payment, including
interest," thus wiping out debt OF honor.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Summer tillage should be shallow.
Girls, don't forget the flower beds
Be ever gentle with the children
God has given you.
Boil ripe currants six minutes;
amount Of sugar to a quart. eight
ounces.
High grade" refers to an animal
of mixed blood, in which the blood of
the pure bred largely predominates.
1t is said that pint of milk taken
every night Just before retiring to rest
will soon make the thinnesf figure
plump
-Sods from grazed fields or highways
make the best lawns, as all but the most
hardy sorts of grass have died out, and
the sod is an example of the survival
of the fittest.''
Breakfast Puffs.-Take two pints
of flour, teaspoon of melted butter,
two eggs and pint of boiled milk.
Stir well, fill CREASED cups two-thirds
full and bake in hot oven.-E Exchange.
The farmer who permits his chick
ems to roost in the stables does not de-
serve to own horse. 1t generally re-
quires but little effort to keep them
out, and it should be done by all means.
Farm, Field and Stockman.
Apples, when stored for ripening,
are said to absorb oxygen and give off
carbonic acid gas freely; so that, if
stored in the cellar without good venti-
lation the acid will fill the house, and
we may have good apples at the sacri-
fee of health.
"A nice way to use dry bread.-Cut
in slices and spread with butter, put
into a deep dish, and pour in apple
sauce enough to cover the bread, being
sure it gets between the slices. Bake
about an hour. Eat with cream and
sugar. Household.
Washing with cold water will help
to harden the muscles in a horses
breast or back for the collar or the
saddle. The saddle should be removed
often to allow the back to cool, and the
sweat washed off A few minutes de-
lay in this way will do the horse a great
deal of good.
Whenever a calf is pitifully bleat-
ing, says the american CatltiUator, take
soft brush and initiate the mother
cows action in licking its back, neck
and sides with her rough, moist tongue,
The bleating will cease, and if the
grooming is given two or three times a
day, this most mournful of all noises
will be effectually stopped.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-08
GLOOMY PREDICTION.
WY an Ohio Man Is Down on Boring II
Natural Csaa

WY an Ohio Man Is Down on Boring for
Natural Gas.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
Daerciat predicts an overwhelming disas-
ter to the sections Of country occupied by
the natural gas wells, and Is so positive
in his assertions that he urges the calling
Of an extra session Of Congress to take
some action in the matter. He says:
Boring for natural gas should be prohib-
tied by stringent laws. The good people
of Ohio and Indiana while trying to
develop the gas magazines, do not
take time to consider that they are
toying with a force that may destroy
this country and themselves. The
danger that impends is well known to
scientists. Two hundred years ago in
China there was just such a craze about
natural gas as we. have in this country
to-day Gas wells were sunk with as much
vim and vigor as the CeIesttals were capa-
BILE of; but owing to q gas explosion that
killed several millions of people and tore
up and destroyed a large district of coun-
try, leaving a large inland sea, known on
the maps as lake Foo Chang, the boring Of
any more gas wells was then and there pro-
hibited by law. 1t seems, according to the
Chinese history, that MANY large and
heavy pressure gas-wel1s we're struck,
and in some districts wells were sunk
quite near to each other. Gas was
lighted as soon as struck, as is done in
this country. It is stated that one we'll,
with its unusual pressure, by induction
or back draft, pulled down into the earth
the burning gas of smaller we'll, result
ing in a dreadful explosion of a large
district and destroying the inhabitants
thereof. Lake Foo Chang rests on this
district. The same catastrophe is inmi-
nent in this country unless the laws re-
strict further development in boring so
many wells. Should similar explosion
occur there will be such an upheaval as
will dwarf the most terrible of earth
quakes ever known. The country along
the gas belt from Toledo through Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky will be ripped up
to the depth of 1900 to l, 500 feet and
Topped over like a pancake, leaving a
chasm through which the waters of Lake
Erie will come bowling down, filing the
Ohio and Mississippi valleys, and blottin 8
them out forever. Some prompt action
should be taken at once to prevent this
catastrophe"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-08
THE FLY PLAGUE.
The Necessity Of Protecting Livestock
From the Attacks of Insects.

The Necessity of Protecting Livestock
From the Attacks of Insects
The annoyance caused to animals by
flies and mosquitoes often amounts to
positive agony, and at all times, in
what is called good corn weather, it is
sufficient to prevent the stock eating
enough to keep them in good condi-
ton. The animals will stand in the
water or pass the greater part of the
day in the shade rather than expose
themselves to the sunshine, going out
to eat only when driven by hunger.
They quickly lose flesh. the flow of
milk shrinks, and loss is incurred
that can not he easily made good
again. At all times good feed of
grain is beneficial to stock, but it is
especially so when flies are very an
moving, since IL will do much to pre-
vent shIinkage Of flesh and milk.
Horses and mich cows may be pro-
teeted. in a great measure at least, by
wiping them all over with a sponge
dipped in soap suds in which a little
carbolic acid has been mixed Bulls
confined in stables often suffer enough
from the attacks Of fies to drive them
half mad. and there is no doubt that
the continued fretting caused in this
way develops savage disposition.
The most satisfactory results have fol-
lowed from sponging. with soap suds
and earbolic acid mixed, Jersey bull
sonfned in a STALL Chicago Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-08
RUNNING THE oANTLET.

Exploits and Ordeals Performed and Borne
by an Heroic Pioneer.
The first pioneers were so successful
in holding their settlements that others
fastened to join them, attracted by the
abundance of the game and the fertil-
ity of the soil, says writer describing
the early settling of Kentucky. To
some, no doubt, the element of con-
slant adventure was a great induce
ment and fully were they gratifed.
Some, like Simon Kenton, as hunter
and wOodsman second only to Boone,
seemed to seek hazard. He it was
whose desperate ride, dashed to the
back of an untamed horse, was the
true original of Byron's Mazeppa. I'M
like Boone, Kenton excited in his In
dian foes the most exasperated feel
ings of vengeance. Aside from wounds
received in fight, he was several times
brought to the very verge of death
while prisoner in the Indians hands.
On one occasion he was struck appar-
emily dead with tomahawk that Glove
his shoulder through the cOllar-bone;
three several times he was bound to
the stake of deadly fire and as often
as eight times he was compelled to
''run the gantlet." None of this gene
ration will ever know in its true signifi-
canoe the horror of that word. There
is now probably no man living who
has run the gantlet'' as an Indian
prisoner. The venerable and reverend
Thomas P. Dudley, of Lexington, KY,
now approaching his one hundredth
year, was sentenced, but reprieved.
His comrades suffered the ordeal, while
he in mere within was ransOmed for a
pony and keg of whisky. The In
dians ranged themselves in two lines,
between which the prisoner was COM
PEELED to run for his life, eluding as
best he could the blows of tomahawks
and war clubs that were aimed at him
in his fight. Some times good fortune
or activity saved the prisoner. Some
times the Indians would in mere ca
price use long sticks instead of deadly
weapons, and in a few rare instances
pure courage saved the victim. Kenton
on one occasion won the applause of
the head chiefs of the Wyandots, who
interfered to save his life from their
infatuated warriors. No sooner was he
unbound to commence the fatal race
than he seized a war-club and dashed
down the line, striking in desperation
at every warrior armed with Ratchet or
club Though covered with wounds. he
reached the goal alive, still brandish-
ing the weapon with which he had
fought his way. The exploit was with
out parallel in Indian experience; it
won their admiration and for that time
saved him. arper's Magazine.